Senior Maintenance Process Leader

JLR; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted car purchase

Parental leave policy

Competitive pension

Company bonus

Education funding

Life Assurance

Flexible working

Employee networks

Job summary

JLR’s Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton is seeking a Senior Maintenance Process Leader to drive safe, efficient, and high-quality production across maintenance operations.

You will lead a maintenance team, coordinate activities, and implement training while championing continuous improvement in an iconic automotive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising maintenance teams to hit production targets.
• Technical automotive engineering skills (mechanical & electrical).
• Experience specifying and installing new automation to improve productivity.
• Experience with Environmental controls and practices.
• Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis ability.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective day-to-day leadership of the maintenance team and ensure safe, reliable operation of production equipment.
• Lead and coordinate maintenance activities to maximise equipment availability and performance.
• Drive waste reduction and cost-efficiency initiatives across maintenance operations.
• Ensure robust shift-to-shift communication with accurate data collection and dissemination.
• Support deployment and standardisation of the site's maintenance strategy.
• Lead development and delivery of training and competency plans for maintenance personnel.
• Champion continuous improvement through structured problem solving and root-cause analysis.

Skills

Maintenance supervision

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Automation installation

Problem solving

Job description

REQ ID: 132737

JOB TITLE: Senior Maintenance Process Leader

SALARY: £50,000 - £58,000

POSTING START DATE: 02/09/2026

POSTING END DATE: 16/09/2026

LOCATION: Wolverhampton EPMC

In the Manufacturing team at JLR’s Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre (EPMC), you’ll help power iconic electric cars. You will be working alongside incredible technicians and leaders to drive our commitment to shape a future we truly believe in, together. Use your expertise, cutting-edge technology, and problem-solving skills to ensure efficient, sustainable and high-quality production. Fuel the exceptional.

Step into a role where you help shape the future of mobility. As a Manufacturing Senior Maintenance Process Leader in next generation automotive propulsion, you’ll be a key member of the maintenance leadership team driving cleaner, smarter, electrified transportation. If you’re ready to build what moves the world forward, this is your moment.

What To Expect

In this role, no two tasks are the same. With lots of projects and relationships to build with people across the business and beyond, it’s a challenge that will help your career grow within an iconic organisation. Here’s what to expect:

• Provide effective day-to-day leadership and supervision of the maintenance team, ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of production equipment while delivering performance against Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People, and Environmental (SQDCPE) objectives.
• Lead and coordinate maintenance activities, including reactive repairs, condition-based monitoring, and Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) programmes, to maximise equipment availability and operational performance.
• Drive waste reduction and cost-efficiency initiatives across maintenance operations, promoting continuous improvement and the optimisation of resources, materials, and processes.
• Ensure robust shift-to-shift communication processes are in place through the accurate collection, analysis, and dissemination of operational and maintenance performance data.
• Support the deployment and standardisation of the site's maintenance strategy, ensuring alignment with plant objectives, reliability goals, and best practice maintenance principles.
• Lead the development, implementation, and review of training and competency plans for maintenance personnel, ensuring the effective delivery of technical, safety, compliance, and process-related training programmes.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance maintenance methodologies, equipment reliability, and operational performance through structured problem solving and root cause analysis.

What You’ll Need

Along with your ambition to achieve the exceptional, there are several skills that you’ll need to have to help you succeed here, including:

• Previous experience in a similar role including experience of supervising maintenance operational teams to meet production targets in Manufacturing
• Technical (mechanical and electrical) automotive engineering skills, ideally in a large automated environment
• Experience of specifying and installing new automation to realise productivity targets
• Experience of Environmental controls and practices
• Demonstrable experience in the application of a logical approach to Problem Solving

Benefits

This role is rewarding in more ways than one. On top of our core offering, you’ll do extraordinary work with amazing people. In addition, you can expect a wide range of benefits:

• Discounted car purchase (open to family members, too)
• A 52 week maternity leave policy and a 4 week paternity leave policy. Other parental leave policies are available
• A competitive pension
• A JLR company performance-related bonus
• An employee learning scheme providing funding for; education, training and other activities which support the development of personal skills and promote lifelong learning
• Access to open, employee-led support and social networks
• Comprehensive Life Assurance and Income Protection policies
• Flexible working*
• Flexible working is offered for specific roles dependant on responsibilities. Please speak to the hiring team for details.

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs.

Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.